2012 Personal Challenge

[Jen Lynn]

Considering I have never kept track of how many books I read in a year, I'm basing this off of what I read since joining Goodreads last August. Let's see how it goes!

My goal for 2012 is 50 books.
Completed: 7/50
Duration: 1/1/2012 - 12/31/2012

1) Witch & Wizard 1/3/12
2) The Gift 1/8/12
3) Witch & Wizard: The Fire 1/15/12
4) Uglies 1/23/12
5) Pretties 1/26/12
6) Specials 1/29/12
7) Extras 2/3/12

[Rach , Moderator]

Nicolette wrote: "I was just wondering, are we including short stories? Because I read about 3 a week of those for my English classes in school. That would make a major impact on my numbers."

Yes it really is up to you. I would count them. I am an English major so we do novels and what not in classes so I most likely will count them in my count

[Rach , Moderator]

Carrie wrote: "I'm going to try for 100

1/100
"

Awesome, you already have finished one!!!

[Nicolette]

Rachel Skye wrote: "Nicolette wrote: "I was just wondering, are we including short stories? Because I read about 3 a week of those for my English classes in school. That would make a major impact on my numbers."

Yes ..."

I'm in the same boat. With my double major I end up reading a lot for my actual English classes and then I have to read everything that my students read in my practicum classroom!

[Carrie]

Rachel Skye wrote: "Carrie wrote: "I'm going to try for 100

1/100
"

Awesome, you already have finished one!!!"

It was only 145p so not very long. Plus I started it 2 days ago. I just finished it this morning.

[Katelyn]

I agree, I think they should count.

[Carrie]

Nicolette wrote: "I was just wondering, are we including short stories? Because I read about 3 a week of those for my English classes in school. That would make a major impact on my numbers."

I would count them.

[Gina]

I'll go for 100 books this year.

22/100 so far

[Salem]

I am going for 75 this year.

I have read 5/75 so far.

[Nicolette]

Kat - wrote: "I am going to try for 200 this year!"
Wow! That's awesome!

[Ciska]

Kat - wrote: "I am going to try for 200 this year!"

Good luck

[Sonya]

My goal is 200. Last year was 300, and I barely made it.

[Rach , Moderator]

Wow!!!! Good luck on the 100 & 200 goals! That is amazing!

[Theresa]

i have set 50 books for my challenge dont know all the books im going to read but i know a few of them im going to read
Progress
1/50

[Esther]

My goal is 30 but I am likely to extend that!

TOTAL SO FAR - 0/30

[Meagan]

Meagan wrote: "100"

I've done 1/100

3/100 as of 1/16/12
5/100 as of 1/27/12

[Shelby]

Thought I put mine in

My goal is 50...Hoping I can do it.

[Jessica]

I'm going to shoot for 50.

[Rach , Moderator]

Meagan wrote: "Meagan wrote: "100"

I've done 1/100"

When you have read them, try re- editing your original post.

[Meagan]

Okie Dokie...sorry!

Rachel Skye wrote: "Meagan wrote: "Meagan wrote: "100"

I've done 1/100"

When you have read them, try re- editing your original post."

[Rach , Moderator]

Meagan wrote: "Okie Dokie...sorry!

Rachel Skye wrote: "Meagan wrote: "Meagan wrote: "100"

I've done 1/100"

When you have read them, try re- editing your original post.""

No worries! It helps it be less cluttered and not so overwhelming when new members come on :)

[Thalia]

Challenging myself to read 90 books this year!

53/90

[Clio (Bemuzed)]

got to 59 last year, so this year I'm upping my game. I will be reading 75 books this year!

[Catherine]

I'm ame! I'm going to try for 100

[Thilde]

I feel so modest. My challenge is to read 15 books this year.
I've not been much of a reader the past 10 years, so I'm starting out easy.

At the moment I am 14/15.

[Catherine]

challenge duration: 1 Jan 2012- 31 Dec 2012

so far..3/100 soon to be 4 tonight! I will post as I go

my books so far:
1. Gap Creek..Robert Morgan (4 Jan)
2. The Tea Rose..Jennifer Donnelly(book 1) (12 Jan..I think)
3. Tiger's Curse..Colleen Houck(book 1)(9 Jan)
4. At Home: A Short History of Private Life..Bill Bryson ( 14 Jan)
5. Threading the Needle..Marie Bostwick(book 4) (17 Jan)
6. Needles & Pearls..Gil McNeil(book 2)(20 Jan)
7. Tiger's Quest..Colleen Houck(book 2)(23 Jan)
8. I'll Never Be French..Mark Greenside(24 Jan)
9. The Fire..James Patterson(book 3)(27 Jan)
10. Darkfever..Karen Marie Moning(book 1)(29 Jan)
11. Queen of Babble..Meg Cabot(book 1)(3 Feb)
12. Caleb's Crossing..Geraldine Brooks (4 Feb)
13. Actually It Is Your Parents' Fault..Philip Van Munching, Bernie Katz(5 Feb)
14. Bloodfever..Karen Marie Moning(book 2)(5 Feb)
15. Queen of Babble in the Big City(book 2)(9 Feb)
16. Next to Love..Ellen Feldman (9 Feb)
17. Tiger's Voyage..Colleen Houck(book 3)(13 Feb)
18. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched..Meg Cabot(book 3)(15 Feb)
19. Faefever..Karen Marie Moning(book 3)(18 Feb)
20. City of Bones..Cassandra Clare(book 1)(19 Feb)
21. The Paris Wife..Paula McLain(23 Feb)
22. Knit One, Pearl One..Gil McNeil(book 3)(27 Feb)
23. Toujours Provence..Peter Mayle(29 Feb)
24. Don't Even Think About It..Lauren Hederson(3 March)
25. Dreamfever..Karen Marie Moning(book 4)(6 March)
26. Anna Dressed in Blood..Kendare Blake(book 1)(9 March)
27. A Dublin Student Doctor..Patrick Taylor(book 6)(15 March)
28. Half-Broke Horses..Jeanette Walls(17 March)
29. The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay..Siddarth Dhanvant Shanghvi(18 March)
30. Murder on the Eiffel Tower..Claude Izner(book 1)(22 March)
31. An Echo in the Bone..Diana Gabaldon(book 7)(29 March)
32. The Illusion of Murder..Carol mcCleary(book 2)(31 March)
33. Last Blind Date..Linda Yellin(3 April)
34. The Winter Rose..Jennifer Donnelly(book 2)(7 April)
35. The Disappearance at Père LaChaise..Claude Izner(book 2)(8 April)
36. Shiver..Maggie Steifvater(book 1)(11 April)
37. The Anti-Romantic Child..Priscilla Gilman(15 April)
38. The Bronze Horseman..Paullina Simons(book 1)(19 April)
39. The Rossetti Lettre..Christi Phillips(book 1)(25 April)
40. A Game of Thrones..George R.R. Martin(book 1)(26 April)
41. Divergent..Veronica Roth(book 1)(30 April)
42. The Montmartre Investigation..Claude Izner(book 3)(3 May)
43. Blackberry Wine..Joanne Harris(book 2)(4 May)
44. City of Ashes..Cassandra Clare(book 2)(6 May)
45. Shadowfever..Karen Marie Moning(book 5)(9 May)
46. The Wild Rose..Jennifer Donnelly(book 3)(11 May)
47. The Ultimate Journey..Jim Stovall(book 3)(13 May)
48. Encore Provence..Peter Mayle(16 May)
49. XVI..Julia Karr(book 1)(17 May)
50. The Rise and Fall of a Domestic Diva..Sarah May(20 May)
51. A Discovery of Witches..Deborah Harkness(book 1)(25 May)
52. The Secret Bride..Diane Haeger(book 1)(28 May)
53. Brava, Valentine..Adriana Trigiani(book 2)(29 May)
54. City of Glass..Cassandra Clare(book 3)(31 May)
55. The Lost Goddess..Tom Knox(7 June)
56. The Secret Garden..Frances Hodgson Burnett(8 June)
57. Dreaming in French..Megan McAndrew(10 June)
58. Five Quarters of the Orange..Joanne Harris(book 3)(11 June)
59. Clockwork Angel..Cassandra Clare(book 1)(15 June)
60. Truth..Jula Karr(book 2)(22 June)
61. Murder on the Cote D'Azure(Little Death by the Sea)..Susan Kiernan-Lewis(book 1)(24 June)
62. Tatiana & Alexander..Paullina Simons(book 2)(29 June)
63. A Good Indian Wife..Anne Cherian(2 July)
64. Magic Bites..Ilona Andrews(book 1)(3 July)
65. The Shelters of Stone..Jean M. Auel(book 5)(8 July)
66. The Lost Hero..Rick Riordan(book 1)(12 July)
67. The Queen's Mistake..Diane Haeger(book 2)(13 July)
68. City of Fallen Angels..Cassandra Clare(book 4)(17 July)
69. The White Queen..Philippa Gregory(book 1)(21 July)
70. The Map of Time..Félix J. Palma(book 1)(27 July)
71. How Will I Know..Sheila O'Flanagan(2 Aug)
72. Murder A La Carte(Toujours Dead)(book 2)(8 Aug)
73. The Reluctant Matchmaker..Shobhan Bantwal(14 Aug)
74. The Forty Rules of Love..Elif Shafak(20 Aug)
75. Ties That Bind..Marie Bostwick(book 5)(26 Aug)
76. Nadia Knows Best..Jill Mansell(1 Sept)
77. Linger..Maggie Steifvater(book 2)(4 Sept)
78. Fifty Shades of Grey..E.L. James(book 1)(7 Sept)
79. The Red Queen..Philippa Gregory(book 2)(10 Sept)
80. The House of Silk..Anthony Horowitz(14 Sept)
81. The Red Pyramid..Rick Riordan(book 1)(17 Sept)
82. Insurgent..Veronica Roth(book 2)(23 Sept)
83. The Island House..Posie Graeme-Evans(25 Sept)
84. Tiger's Destiny..Colleen Houck(book 4)(28 Sept)
85. Clockwork Prince..Cassandra Clare(book 2)(4 Oct)
86. Paris in Love..Eloisa James(7 Oct)
87. The Lady of the Rivers..Philippa Gregory(book 3)(11 Oct)
88. The Unfinished Garden..Barbara Claypole White(15 Oct)
89. The Son of Neptune..Rick Riordan(book 2)(21 Oct)
90. City of Lost Souls..Cassandra Clare(book 5)(23 Oct)
91. Girl of Nightmares..Kendare Blake(book 2)(27 Oct)
92. The Fire Rose..Mercedes Lackey(book 1)(7 Nov)
93. A Walk in the Park..Jill Mansell(9 Nov)
94. The Enchantress..Michael Scott(book 6)(11 Nov)
95. Fifty Shades Darker..E.L. James(book 2)(13 Nov)
96. Shadow of Night..Deborah Harkness(book 2)(15 Nov)
97. The Things We Cherished..Pam Jenoff(21 Nov)
98. Soulless..Gail Carriger(book 1)(24 Nov)
99. The Summer Garden..Paulinna Simons(book 3)(29 Nov)
100. The Formula for Murder..Carol McCleary(book 3)(4 Dec)
101. The Untethered Soul..Michael A. Singer(7 Dec)
102. A Little Bit Wild..Victoria Dahl(book 1)(8 Dec)
103. An Irish Coubtry Wedding..Patrick Taylor(book 7)(13 Dec)
104. Gabriel's Inferno..Sylvain reynard(book 1)(17 Dec)
105. Changeless..Gail Carriger(book 2)(19 Dec)
106. It's Always Been You..Victoria Dahl(book 2)(27 Dec)
107. The Mark of Athena..Rick Riordan(book 3)(29 Dec)

[Nicolette]

6/100

(I'm cruising through this! I hope I can keep this pace up! Maybe I'll get 200!)

[Rach , Moderator]

Just remember to please re edit your original posts, thanks!

[Teneal]

I set myself 20 books at the beginning of the year. Then I changed it to 30 after I started using this site and began to read more and more. I have just recently changed it to 50! So needless to say goodreads is really encouraging me to read more and more :) I love it! I'm currently five books ahead of my goal of 50. I'm going to track mine here.

I am going to try and read 20 books 30 books 50 books 100 books this year.

38/100

My Books:

1. Room by Emma Donoghue 5.1.12
2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 7.1.12
3. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 25.1.12
4. Heath by Janet Fife-Yeomans 28.1.12
5. Saving Rachel by John Locke 31.1.12
6. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks 3.2.12
7. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan 5.2.12
8. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 13.2.12
9. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 20.2.12
10. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 20.2.12
11.Our Little Secret by Duncan Fairhurst 22.2.12
12. Candy by Luke Davies 26.2.12
13. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2.3.12
14. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens 4.3.12
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 12.3.12
16. Divergent by Veronica Roth 14.3.12
17. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 18.3.12
18. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 25.3.12
19. Lucky by Alice Sebold 29.3.12
20. The BFG by Roald Dahl 30.3.12
21. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein 31.3.12
22. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5.4.12
23. Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock 11.4.12
24. Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen 12.4.12
25. All Fall Down by Megan Hart 14.4.12
26. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 19.4.12
27. Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult 25.4.12
28. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 3.5.12
29. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams 5.5.12
30. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson 13.5.12
31. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld 14.5.12
32. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh 17.5.12
33. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard 19.5.12
34. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 20.5.12
35. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer 25.5.12
36. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 27.5.12
37. Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah 1.6.12
38. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 8.6.12
39. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Current
40. Eragon by Christopher Paolini Current
41. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Current

[Nancy from NJ]

Last year I began a pledge to read 75 books for the year. But I finished with 140. This year I am also beginning with 75 but don't expect to read as much since I am tackling big books I never did get to read before

[Catherine]

5/100...moving right along...soon to be 6 & 7 on my list too! :)

[Peggy]

This is the first year I have done the challenge. My goal is 50. I'm moving along at a good rate but I know once spring arrives I will be spending more time working in the yard.

[Hayley]

My first year doing the challenge and I have some of those bag-breakers that pass as books that I need to read through this year. I've set my challenge as 30 as I knwo I'm going to ahve a few things turning up on my plate this year :S

4/30

[Normandy]

I have set my goal for 2012 at 12 books. That gives me a month for each book. I am on my first one now . I am reading this in my Nook. Some will be regular books.

[eHawk]

I'm going with 30 books this year because I know I can achieve that, and hopefully I'll be more in the 40-50 range considering a portion of my reading is graphic novels.

ETA: changed my "official" number up to 40.

Read:


Reading:

[Rachael]

I'm going to read 100 books in 2012

4/100

1. Half-Blood Blues
2. The Night Circus
3. One Day
4. The Virgin Suicides

[Hayley]

My goal last year was 110 and I read 111. This year I'm going for 120!

[Jenn]

Hayley wrote: "My goal last year was 110 and I read 111. This year I'm going for 120!"

My goal is 100 this year. I've never done this before..can i ask- about how many books a month did you read last year to meet your goal?

[Hayley]

I really didn't keep up with it monthly. I just read a book every day or every two days. I have a lot of reading time. I'm a senior in high school, and it's the easiest year for me. I read through most of my classes. And no, I'm not failing! Lol. I'm an honor roll student and I'm in all the academic clubs.

[Jenn]

Hayley wrote: "I really didn't keep up with it monthly. I just read a book every day or every two days. I have a lot of reading time. I'm a senior in high school, and it's the easiest year for me. I read through ..."

lol well, that explains it!! I had lots of reading time before work and kids. Glad that you are doing well in school!

[Hayley]

Haha, yeah. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to read as much with a full-time job and kids. I work part-time after school until six everyday, but I still come home and read all night!

[Jenn]

Hayley wrote: "Haha, yeah. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to read as much with a full-time job and kids. I work part-time after school until six everyday, but I still come home and read all night!"

oohhh, so wish I came home and read all night lol. enjoy now !! I have 4 kids - 20,17,7,6 and I am happy they are all readers too. My 7 and 6 yr old get in my bed and we read every night together. My 20yr old daughter was just complaining that work and school slows down reading time lol. She also wants summer breaks back - told her welcome to being an adult.

[Jaime]

My personal goal is 75. I read 70 last year and I started late in the year

[Hayley]

I know! I keep telling myself I'll have a library in my home, but I don't even know if I'll have the time to stay in it!

[Jenn]

My goal is 100 for 2012

[Teneal]

I'm going to change my goal to 30 I think :)

Go me!!

[Rach , Moderator]

Teneal wrote: "I'm going to change my goal to 30 I think :)

Go me!!"

Awesome! Im updating it now!

[Varla Fiona]

My goal is 150 books and so far I have finished 14... Might have to raise the goal. I have never actually counted how many books I read in a year so this is a first for me.

Goal increased to 200 books on 21 June!

Last updated: 5 September

141/200

1. The Lost Hero
2. The Son of Neptune
3. The Red Pyramid
4. The Throne of Fire
5. Mort
6. Skulduggery Pleasant
7. Playing with Fire
8. The Faceless Ones
9. Dark Days
10. Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil
11. Death Bringer
12. The Hunger Games
13. Catching Fire
14. Mockingjay
15. Uglies
16. Reaper Man
17. Inheritance
18. A Feast for Crows
19. Before I Go to Sleep
20. Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
21. How to Train Your Viking, by Toothless the Dragon
22. Witch & Wizard
23. The Alchemyst
24. The Gift
25. The Fire
26. Good Omens
27. Red Harvest
28. Hood
29. The Bad Beginning
30. The Reptile Room
31. The Wide Window
32. The Miserable Mill
33. The Austere Academy
34. The Ersatz Elevator
35. The Vile Village
36. The Hostile Hospital
37. The Carnivorous Carnival
38. The Slippery Slope
39. Magyk
40. Pretties
41. The Supernaturalist
42. Divergent
43. The Dolphins of Pern
44. Awakening
45. David Starr, Space Ranger
46. Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids
47. Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus
48. Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury
49. Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter
50. The Rings of Saturn
51. The Grim Grotto
52. The Penultimate Peril
53. Dragonseye
54. The End
55. Room
56. Airborn
57. Half Moon Investigations
58. Flyte
59. How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
60. Physik
61. The City and the Stars
62. Queste
63. The Magician
64. The Wish List
65. The Masterharper of Pern
66. Specials
67. Go Ask Alice
68. Big Boned
69. Nordic Fairies
70. A Dance With Dragons
71. The City of Ember
72. The Mists of Avalon
73. The Old Man and the Sea
74. The Maze Runner
75. Bones of Faerie
76. Feed
77. Matilda
78. The Skies of Pern
79. The Scorch Trials
80. A Gift of Dragons: Illustrated Stories
81. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
82. A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
83. James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
84. Septimus Heap: The Magykal Papers
85. The Death Cure
86. Crash Course
87. Full Throttle
88. Photo Finish
89. The Thief Lord
90. Reckless
91. Animal Farm
92. Dragon's Kin
93. Scarlet
94. Extras
95. The Serpent's Shadow
96. The Borrowers
97. Peter and the Starcatchers
98. Jesus, the Man Who Loved Women: He Treasures, Esteems, and Delights in You
99. Graceling
100. Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
101. The Fighting Spirit of Jolie
102. Skybreaker
103. Syren
104. Coraline
105. Fifty Shades of Grey
106. Letters from Father Christmas
107. Stardust
108. Micro: A Novel
109. Dragonsblood
110. The Eyre Affair
111. James Potter and the Curse of the Gate Keeper
112. Fifty Shades Darker
113. Sandstorm
114. Peter Pan and Wendy
115. Dragon Rider
116. Falling Sideways
117. The Last Light of the Sun
118. Jaws
119. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
120. Neverwhere
121. The Last Guardian
122. Brave New World
123. The Little White Bird
124. The Snow Child
125. How to Train Your Dragon
126. Firelight
127. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
128. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
129. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
130. Peter and the Shadow Thieves
131. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
132. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
133. Un Lun Dun
134. The Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 1: Coming Home
135. The Harp of the Grey Rose
136. Comes a Horseman
137. Fifty Shades Freed
138. Insurgent
139. Dragon's Fire
140. Starclimber
141. The Mysterious Benedict Society

[Ciska]

Varla Fiona wrote: "My goal is 150 books and so far I have finished 14... Might have to raise the goal. I have never actually counted how many books I read in a year so this is a first for me."


Wow 150 books, Your right on scedule though, Good luck with it.

Teneal Parker wrote: "I'm going to change my goal to 30 I think :)


Go me!! "

Good luck Teneal

[Ciska]

Varla Fiona wrote: "My goal is 150 books and so far I have finished 14... Might have to raise the goal. I have never actually counted how many books I read in a year so this is a first for me."


Wow 150 books, Your right on scedule though, Good luck with it.

Teneal Parker wrote: "I'm going to change my goal to 30 I think :)


Go me!! "

Good luck Teneal